Chamorro Language - Language Revitalization

Language Revitalization

Chamorro language has suffered from suppression by the Americans who banned Chamorro language completely in schools in 1922 and collected all Chamorro dictionaries and burned them (Skutnabb-Kangas 2000: 206; Mühlhäusler 1996: 109; Benton 1981: 122). In 2013, "Guam will be instituting Public Law 31-45, which increases the teaching of the Chamorro language and culture in Guam schools," extending instruction to include grades 7-10.

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